Thoughts on DVD-Audio and SACD Formats… And now to the very end product: As touched-upon earlier, Bob Ludwig performed all the EQ in the digital domain from the PCM 96kHz 24-bit 5.1 Nuendo tracks at his extensive facility in Portland, Maine. So, in short, this DVD-Audio will give you the very best and truest reproduction of what was crafted originally in the studio. Some r eaders here may know that there is also a SACD version of this album, but be aware that the SACD has been converted from the DVD-Audio's 24bit studio master. By the way, the DVD-Audio surround-sound is presented in 96kHz / 24bit on the disc. (These inputs bypass all the receiver's digital circuitry to keep the high-resolution analog signal intact. However, very best sound experience possible will come to your ears if you use a 'DVD-Audio' player with its six-analog outputs going straight to your receiver's 'Multichannel Analog Inputs'. Of course, the real 'meat' on this disc is the surround-sound 5.1 DVD side which is simply stunning! If you have a DVD-Video player hooked-up to surround-sound home-theater system, then you'll get a great sound in Dolby Digital 5.1, or 24bit LPCM stereo. This release is a two-sided disc with CD stereo on one side and superb DVD-Audio surround sound on the other. Though they couldn't maintain that consistency through the rest of the album - only the jazzy 'Your Latest Trick' and the flinty 'Ride Across the River' make an impact - Brothers in Arms remains one of their most focused and accomplished albums, and in its succinct pop sense, it's distinctive within their catalog. Dire Straits had never been so concise or pop-oriented, and it wore well on them. But what kept the record selling was Mark Knopfler's increased sense of pop songcraft - 'Money for Nothing' had an indelible guitar riff, 'Walk of Life' is a catchy up-tempo boogie variation on 'Sultans of Swing,' and the melodies of the bluesy 'So Far Away' and the down-tempo, Everly Brothers-style 'Why Worry' were wistful and lovely. Of course, the success of Brothers in Arms was helped considerably by the clever computer-animated video for 'Money for Nothing,' a sardonic attack on MTV. Dire Straits: Mark Knopfler (vocals, guitar) Hal Lindes (guitar) Guy Fletcher, Alan Clark (keyboards) John Illsley (bass) Terry Williams (drums).Additional personnel: Sting (vocals).Recorded at Air Studios, Monserrat, West Indies.All tracks have been digitally remastered.Brothers in Arms brought the atmospheric, jazz-rock inclinations of Love Over Gold into a pop setting, resulting in a surprise international best-seller.

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